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Self-Management in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

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Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) affects 1.6 million Americans

Only 1 in 8 young adults with T1D achieve glycemic targets (glycosylated hemoglobin A1C <7.0%). Achieving glycemic targets is associated with reduced risk for both micro- and macrovascular complications, better neurocognitive function, and better diabetes quality of life.

Stephanie Griggs, PhD, RN, is adapting a cognitive-behavioral sleep self-management intervention to improve sleep health dimensions (sleep duration, stability, and timing) and diabetes outcomes. There are currently no sleep self-management interventions for T1D.

Study participants will complete a series of questionnaires, neurocognitive tests, and objective measures of sleep and glycemia captured at baseline to post-intervention (3 months) and 6 months. Concurrent assessment of continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and actigraphy over the 4-month period is a longer monitoring period than in previous studies. Participants who do not have their own glucose monitor will be provided with a Dexcom G6TM.  Participants can also opt in or out of collecting salivary biomarkers such as cortisol and melatonin.

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Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

 

  • Stephanie Griggs

    Stephanie Griggs, PhD, RN

    Assistant Professor
    Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
    Agnes Stahlin Baun Endowed Scholar

    Email: stephanie.griggs@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5518

    Dr. Griggs is an Assistant Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is a sleep and circadian scientist studying the role of the sleep and circadian system in glucoregulation among young adults with type 1 diabetes. She is developing a cognitive-behavioral sleep self-management intervention to promote multiple sleep health dimensions and improve glycemic targets (SLEEPT1). Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (K99NR018886/R00NR018886), American Academy of Sleep Medicine (220-BS-19), and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Study Team

 

 

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